Vittorio Emanuele Orlando : Ask Biography

Personal data

Date of birth

May 19, 1860

Place of birth

Palermo, Italy

Date of death

December 1, 1952 (aged 92)

Place of death

Rome, Italy

Nationality

Italian

Political party

Liberal (Historical Right)

35th Prime Minister of Italy

In office

29 October 1917 - 23 June 1919

Monarch

Victor Emanuel III

Succeeded by

Francesco Nitti

Preceded by

Paolo Boselli

President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies

In office

December 1, 1919 - June 25, 1920

Succeeded by

Enrico De Nicola

Preceded by

Giuseppe Marcora

In office

July 15, 1944 - June 25, 1946

Succeeded by

Carlo Sforza

Preceded by

Dino Grandi

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Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (May 19, 1860 - December 1, 1952) was an Italian diplomat and political figure. He was born in Palermo, Sicily. His father, a landed gentleman, delayed venturing out to register his son's birth for fear of Giuseppe Garibaldi's 1,000 patriots who had just stormed into Sicily on the first leg of their march to build an Italian nation.

In 1897 he was elected in the Italian Chamber of Deputies ( ) for the district of Partinico for which he was constantly reelected until 1925. He aligned himself with Giovanni Giolitti, who was Prime Minister of Italy five times between 1892 and 1921.

Aside from his prominent political role Orlando is also known for his writings, over a hundred works, on legal and judicial issues; Orlando was himself a professor of law.